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THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 101
SECTION V.
GOVERNMENT.
Democratical—representative. Parish meetings—the original sources of
government—their various powers—how composed—elect wardens
and vestry—powers and duties of these officers—an instituted rector
is chairman—elect lay delegates to the Diocesan Conventions. Diocesan Conventions—their duties and powers—meet annually—composed of clergy and laity—mode of conducting business—the Bishop
the Chairman—elect standing committees—duties of these committees
—elect clerical and lay deputies to the General Convention. General
Convention—its duties and powers to provide general legislation and
promote unity—composed of bishops, clergy, and laity—meets trien-
nially—is in two houses, each has a veto on the other, each equal—
House of Bishops—how composed—senior Bishop presides—mode of
conducting business—House of Clerical and Lay Deputies—how composed—mode of conducting business—the vote by a division of orders
—by this the clergy and laity have a veto upon each other. Comments
—analogy between the ecclesiastical institutions of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States and the civil institutions of
the United States—government of the Protestant Episcopal Church
very comprehensive—primitive—combines the three elements, the
Episcopal, the Presbyterial, the Congregational—a just system—
broad enough to unite all Christians.
The government of-the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States is strictly and purely democratical;
that is to say, every member of the Church, without any
exception in any class, has an equal right in the making
of every one of its laws, and in appointing the method
and means of their administration. Or to express the
same idea in another form, there is not a single exercise
of authority in this Church which may not be directly
influenced by every member of it. The supreme power
of governing this Church is the will of the majority of
| Title | The comprehensive church |
| Creator | Vail, Thomas H. (Thomas Hubbard) |
| Publisher | Appleton |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000105 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. 101 SECTION V. GOVERNMENT. Democratical—representative. Parish meetings—the original sources of government—their various powers—how composed—elect wardens and vestry—powers and duties of these officers—an instituted rector is chairman—elect lay delegates to the Diocesan Conventions. Diocesan Conventions—their duties and powers—meet annually—composed of clergy and laity—mode of conducting business—the Bishop the Chairman—elect standing committees—duties of these committees —elect clerical and lay deputies to the General Convention. General Convention—its duties and powers to provide general legislation and promote unity—composed of bishops, clergy, and laity—meets trien- nially—is in two houses, each has a veto on the other, each equal— House of Bishops—how composed—senior Bishop presides—mode of conducting business—House of Clerical and Lay Deputies—how composed—mode of conducting business—the vote by a division of orders —by this the clergy and laity have a veto upon each other. Comments —analogy between the ecclesiastical institutions of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States and the civil institutions of the United States—government of the Protestant Episcopal Church very comprehensive—primitive—combines the three elements, the Episcopal, the Presbyterial, the Congregational—a just system— broad enough to unite all Christians. The government of-the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States is strictly and purely democratical; that is to say, every member of the Church, without any exception in any class, has an equal right in the making of every one of its laws, and in appointing the method and means of their administration. Or to express the same idea in another form, there is not a single exercise of authority in this Church which may not be directly influenced by every member of it. The supreme power of governing this Church is the will of the majority of |
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